The New American

Jobs and “the Rich”

One community organizer who unsuccessfully protested against the construction of a new, $30 million mansion claimed that "no one needs a house that...

Ralph R. Reiland June 12, 2012

Drunk-Driving Illegal Alien Gets 55 Years For Killing Cop

R. Cort Kirkwood June 12, 2012

Johoan Rodriguez, a 27-year-old veteran border jumper from Mexico who killed Houston police officer Kevin Will on May 29, 2011 as the officer, a husband and...

Will Illinois State Senator Lauzen’s Pension Reforms Work?

Bob Adelmann June 12, 2012

Illinois State Senator Chris Lauzen made three simple suggestions to solving Illinois’ $83 billion unfunded pension liabilities: end abuses of the present system,...

Supreme Court Denies Appeals to Seven Gitmo Detainees and Jose Padilla

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. June 12, 2012

On Monday the U.S. Supreme Court rejected appeals of cases against the U.S. government filed by seven different detainees at the Guantanamo Bay...

AG Holder Appoints Attorneys to Investigate and Prosecute Alleged Leaks

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. June 12, 2012

Late last week, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder appointed two U.S. attorneys to investigate the alleged “leaks” of classified information many suspect originated in...

NYC Principal Bans Patriotic Song from Graduation

Raven Clabough June 12, 2012

A New York City principal caused quite a stir when she banned a patriotic song from being performed at a kindergarten graduation ceremony,...

Housing Bust Cost Average American Family 40 Percent of Their Net Worth, Says the Fed

Bob Adelmann June 12, 2012

The release last week of the Federal Reserve’s much-anticipated three-year study of America’s finances, its Survey of Consumer Finances, confirmed what many families...

As War Propaganda Implodes, Calls for Syria Intervention Grow

Alex Newman June 12, 2012

In an effort to manufacture the perception of public support for “regime change” and an international war on Syria, Western officials and Arab...

Younger Grassroots Conservative Activists Turn Out for Texas GOP Convention

Kelly Holt June 12, 2012

Last week, the Texas Republican Party Convention, the largest political gathering in the world, convened in Fort Worth, Texas, with an estimated 6,000...

Twenty-Five Years After Reagan’s Berlin Wall Speech

Bruce Walker June 12, 2012

A quarter of a century ago President Ronald Reagan demanded that Gorbachev "tear down this wall," and the wall came down, but the...

Federal Employment Far Exceeds Private-Sector Job Growth

Brian Koenig June 12, 2012

President Obama’s assertion last Friday that “the private sector is doing fine” has drawn heated criticism from his opponents, as media outlets and...